1. VITAL SIGNS - ALSO CALLED CARDINAL 16.

APNEA - ABSENCE OR CESSATION OF

SIGNS. (TEMPERATURE, PULSE, BREATHING.
RESPIRATORY RATE, BLOOD PRESSURE)
17. SYSTOLIC PRESSURE - PRESSURE OF
2. PYREXIA - ELEVATED BODY BLOOD DURING VENTRICULAR
TEMPERATURE; FEVER; HYPERTHERMIA. CONTRACTION.

3. HYPERPYREXIA - VERY HIGH FEVER; 18. DIASTOLIC PRESSURE - PRESSURE OF

TEMPERATURE IS 41° (105.8°) AND ABOVE.
4. HYPOTHERMIA - SUBNORMAL OR LOWER
BODY TEMPERATURE (e.g. 35.5°).
5. TACHYCARDIA - RAPID PULSE RATE,
ABOVE 100 BEATS PER MINUTE. (IN
ADULTS)
BLOOD DURING VENTRICULAR
RELAXATION.
19. PULSE PRESSURE - IS THE DIFFERENCE
BETWEEN THE SYSTOLIC AND DIASTOLIC
PRESSURE (SYSTOLIC - DIASTOLIC =
PULSE PRESSURE; E.G. 120 mmHg - 80
mmHg = 40 mmHg). NORMAL IS 30-40 mmHg.

6. BRADYCARDIA - SLOW PULSE RATE 20. HYPERTENSION - HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE;

BELOW 60 BEATS PER MINUTE.( IN ADULTS) OVER 140 mmHg SYSTOLIC PRESSURE AND
/ OR ABOVE 90 mmHg DIASTOLIC
7. EUPNEA - NORMAL BREATHING. IT IS QUIET PRESSURE FOR AT LEAST 2 READINGS, 30
AND NOISELESS, EFFORTLESS, AND DAYS APART.
RHYTHMIC BREATHING.
21. HYPOTENSION - LOW BLOOD PRESSURE;
8. TACHYPNEA - RAPID BREATHING; ABOVE SYSTOLIC PRESSURE BELOW 100 mmHg
TWENTY BREATHS PER MINUTE. (IN OR DIASTOLIC PRESSURE BELOW 60
ADULTS) mmHg.

9. BRADYPNEA - SLOW BREATHING; LESS 22. NORMOTENSION - IS NORMAL BLOOD

THAN 12 BREATHS PER MINUTE. (IN PRESSURE; AVERAGE BLOOD PRESSURE
ADULTS) IS 120/80 mmHg. (IN ADULTS)

10. HYPERVENTILATION - DEEP, RAPID 23. INSPECTION - ASSESSING BY USING

RESPIRATION. ALSO CALLED KUSSMAUL’S SENSE OF SIGHT.
BREATHING.
24. PALPATION - EXAMINING THE BODY BY
11. HYPOVENTILATION - SLOW, SHALLOW USING SENSE OF TOUCH.
BREATHING.
25. PERCUSSION - TAPPING BODY PARTS TO
12. POLYPNEA - DEEP RESPIRATION; RATE IS PRODUCE SOUNDS.
NOT AFFECTED.
26. AUSCULTATION - LISTENING TO BODY
13. OLIGOPNEA - SHALLOW RESPIRATION; SOUNDS WITH THE USE OF A
RATE IS NOT AFFECTED. STETHOSCOPE.

14. DYSPNEA - DIFFICULT AND LABORED 27. DORSAL OR SUPINE POSITION - BACK -
RESPIRATION. LYING POSITION.

15. ORTHOPNEA - DIFFICULTY OF 28. FOWLER’S POSITION - HEAD OF BED IS

RESPIRATION IN SUPINE OR LYING ELEVATED AT DIFFERENT ANGLES (LOW,
POSITION, RELIEVED UP RIGHT SITTING SEMI-, AND HIGH - FOWLER’S POSITION)
POSITION.
29. LITHOTOMY POSITION - BACK - LYING
POSITION WITH LEGS SUPPORTED BY
STIRRUPS AT 90 DEGREE ANGLE.
30. GENUPECTORAL / KNEE - CHEST
POSITION - KNEELING POSITION WITH
TORSO AT 90 DEGREE ANGLE TO HIPS.
31. LATERAL POSITION - SIDE - LYING
POSITION.
32. SIM’S POSITION - SEMI - PRONE, SIDE
LYING POSITION.
33. PRONE POSITION - ABDOMEN - LYING
POSITION WITH FACE TURNED TO THE
SIDE. ALSO CALLED FACE LYING POSITION.
34. OVERWEIGHT - THE WEIGHT OF THE
PERSON IS 10% GREATER THAN THE IDEAL
BODY WEIGHT.
35. OBESITY - THE WEIGHT OF THE PERSON IS
20% GREATER THAN THE IDEAL BODY
WEIGHT.
36. DEHYDRATION - FLUID LOSS; INADEQUATE
FLUID.
37. GASTRIC GAVAGE - NASOGASTRIC TUBE
FEEDING.
38. GASTRIC LAVAGE - IRRIGATION OF THE
STOMACH THROUGH THE NASOGASTRIC
TUBE.
39. GASTROSTOMY FEEDING - FEEDING A
CLIENT THROUGH A TUBE INSERTED
DIRECTLY INTO THE STOMACH THROUGH
AN INCISION OVER THE ABDOMEN
(GASTROSTOMY TUBE).
40. JEJUNOSTOMY FEEDING - FEEDING A
CLIENT THROUGH A TUBE DIRECTLY
INSERTED INTO THE JEJUNUM THROUGH
AN INCISION OVER THE ABDOMEN
(JEJUNUM TUBE).
41. DEFECATION - THE EXPULSION OF FECES
FROM THE RECTUM. ALSO CALLED BOWEL
MOVEMENT.
42. CONSTIPATION - IS A PASSAGE OF SMALL,
HARD, DRY STOOL OR NO PASSAGE OF
STOOL FOR A PERIOD OF TIME.
43. DIARRHEA - IS THE FREQUENT PASSAGE
OF WATERY STOOL.
44. FECAL IMPACTION - IS THE COLLECTION
OF HARDENED, PUTTY - LIKE FECES IN THE
FOLDS OF THE RECTUM.
45. OBSTIPATION - IS THE COLLECTION OF
HARDENED, PUTTY - LIKE FECES IN THE
COLON.
46. FLATULENCE - THE PRESENCE OF
EXCESSIVE GAS IN THE INTESTINES. ALSO
CALLED TYMPANITES.
47. FECAL INCONTINENCE - IS THE
INVOLUNTARY ELIMINATION OF BOWEL
CONTENTS.
48. FECES - WASTE PRODUCTS OF DIGESTION
PRESENT IN THE COLON.
49. STOOL - WASTE PRODUCTS OF DIGESTION
EXPELLED INTO THE EXTERNAL
ENVIRONMENT.
50. ACHOLIC STOOL - GRAY, PALE, OR CLAY -
COLORED STOOL. THIS IS DUE TO
ABSENCE OF STERCOBILIN IN BILIARY
OBSTRUCTION. STERCOBILIN IS THE BILE
PIGMENT DERIVATIVE THAT GIVES THE
YELLOW GOLDEN BROWN COLORING OF
THE STOOL.
51. STEATORRHEA - IS A GREASY/ FATTY,
BULKY, FOUL - SMELLING STOOL.
52. MELENA - PASSAGE OF BLACK TARRY
STOOL DUE TO UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL
BLEEDING. THE GASTRIC ACID TURNS THE
BLOOD BLACK AND TARRY.
53. HEMATOCHEZIA - PASSAGE OF STOOL
WITH BRIGHT RED BLOOD. THIS IS DUE TO
LOWER GASTROINTESTINAL BLEEDING.
COLOR IS BRIGHT RED BECAUSE THERE IS
NO GASTRIC ACID PRESENT.
54. ENEMA - ADMINISTRATION OF FLUIDS OR 69. URGENCY - IT IS STRONG DESIRE TO VOID.
MEDICATIONS INTO THE COLON THROUGH THERE MAY OR MAY NOT BE A GREAT
A RECTAL TUBE. AMOUNT OF URINE IN THE BLADDER.

55. MICTURITION - IS THE ACT OF EXPELLING 70. DYSURIA - VOIDING THAT IS PAINFUL OR
URINE FROM THE BLADDER. IT IS ALSO DIFFICULT.
KNOWN AS URINATION OR VOIDING.
71. HESITANCY - DIFFICULTY IN INITIATING
56. HEMATURIA - IS THE PRESENCE OF BLOOD VOIDING.
OR RBC IN THE URINE.
72. ENURESIS - REPEATED, INVOLONTARY
57. PYURIA - IS THE PRESENCE OF PUS IN THE VOIDING BEYOND 4 TO 5 YEARS OF AGE.
URINE. NOCTURNAL ENURESIS IS INVOLONTARY
VOIDING DURING SLEEP.
58. BACTERIURIA - IS THE PRESENCE OF
BACTERIA IN THE URINE. 73. POLLAKURIA - IS FREQUENT SCANTY
URINATION.
59. ALBUMINURIA - IS THE PRESENCE OF
ALBUMIN IN THE URINE. 74. URINARY INCONTINENCE - IS THE
INVOLONTARY PASSAGE OF URINE.
60. PROTEINURIA - IS THE PRESENCE OF
PROTEIN IN THE URINE. 75. URINARY RETENTION - IS THE
ACCOMODATION OF URINE IN THE
61. CYLINDRURIA - IS THE PRESENCE OF BLADDER, 500 MLS. OR MORE,
CASTS IN THE URINE. ASSOCIATED WITH INABILITY OF THE
BLADDER TO EMPTY ITSELF. ALSO CALLED
62. GLYCOSURIA - IS THE PRESENCE OF URINARY STASIS.
GLUCOSE IN THE URINE.
76. CREDE’S MANEUVER - IS APPLICATIONS OF
63. KETONURIA - IS THE PRESENCE OF MANUAL PRESSURE THE SUPRAPUBIC
KETONES IN THE URINE. AREA TO INDUCE VOIDING.

64. POLYURIA - IS EXCESSIVE URINE 77. ACNE - IS AN INFLAMMATORY CONDITION

PRODUCTION, MORE THAN 100 MLS/ HOUR WHIHC OCCURS IN AND AROUMD
OR 2,500 MLS/ DAY OR MORE. ALSO SEBACEOUS GLANDS.
CALLED DIURESIS.
78. ERYTHEMA - IS REDNESS OF THE SKIN
65. OLIGURIA - IS INADEQUATE URINE WHICH MAY ASSOCIATE WITH RASHES,
PRODUCTION, LESS THAN 30 MLS/ HOUR EXPOSURE TO THE SUN, ELEVATED BODY
OR 500 MLS/ DAY. TEMPERATURE.

66. ANURIA - IS ABSENCE OF URINE 79. HIRSUTISM - IS EXCESSIVE GROWTH OF

PRODUCTION BY THE KIDNEYS, 0 - 10 MLS/ HAIR ESPECIALLY ON WOMEN.
HOUR. ALSO CALLED URINARY
SUPPRESION. 80. HYPERHIDROSIS - EXCESSIVE
PERSPIRATION ESPECIALLY IN THE PALMS
67. FREQUENCY - VOIDING AT FREQUENT OF THE HANDS AND SOLES OF THE FEET.
INTERVALS.
81. BROMHIDROSIS - FOUL - SMELLING
68. NOCTURIA - FREQUENT VOIDING DURING PERSPIRATION.
THE NIGHT.
82. VITILIGO - ARE PATCHES OF
HYPOPIGMENTED SKIN CAUSED BY
 DESTRUCTION OF MELANOCYTES IN THE 98. TRENDELENBURG POSITION - SUPINE
AREA. POSITION WITH HEAD OF BED LOWER
THAN THE FOOT PART.
83. ALOPECIA - HAIR LOSS OR BALDNESS.
99. MODIFIED TRENDELENBURG POSITION -
84. PEDICULOSIS - INFESTATION WITH LICE. SUPINE POSITION, WITH LOWER
EXTREMITIES ELEVATED AT A 20 TO 30
85. BODY MECHANICS - IS THE EFFICIENT, DEGREE ANGLE, UP TO 45 DEGREE ANGLE.
COORDINATED AND SAFE USE OF THE
BODY TO PRODUCE MOTION AND MAINTAIN 100. REVERSE TRENDELENBURG
BALANCE DURING THE ACTIVITY. POSITION - SUPINE WITH THE FOOT PART
LOWER THAN THE HEAD PART.
86. MUSCLE ATROPHY - DECREASE IN SIZE OF
MUSCLES. 101. SUPINATION - IS MOVING THE
FOREARM WITH THE PALMS FACING
87. OSTEOPOROSIS - WEAK AND BRITTLE UPWARD.
BONES.
102. PRONATION - IS MOVING THE
88. ANKYLOSIS - STIFFNESS AND RIGIDITY OF FOREARM WITH THE PALMS FACING
BONES. DOWNWARD.

89. CONTRACTURE - INABILITY OF MUSCLES 103. PLANTAR FLEXION - MOVING THE

TO SHORTENED OR LENGTHEN, LIMITING FEET DOWNWARD.
JOINT MOBILITY.
104. DORSIFLEXION - MOVING THE FEET
90. THROMBOPHLEBITIS - INFLAMMATION OF UPWARD.
THE VEIN DUE PRESENCE OF BLOOD CLOT.
105. EVERSION - MOVING THE FEET
91. ATELECTASIS - COLLAPSE OF LUNGS. OUTWARD.

92. ANOREXIA - LOSS OF APPETITE TO EAT. 106. INVERSION - MOVING THE FEET
INWARD.
93. PRESSURE SORES - REDDENED AREA,
SORES OR ULCERS OF THE SKIN 107. ABDUCTION - MOVING AN ARM OR
OCURRING OVER BODY PROMINENCES. LEG AWAY FROM THE BODY.
THEY ARE DUE TO INTERRUPTION OF THE
BLOOD CIRCULATION TO THE TISSUE, 108. ADDUCTION - MOVING ANARM OR
RESULTING IN A LOCALIZED ISCHEMIA AND LEG TOWARDS THE BODY.
NECROSIS.
109. INSOMNIA - DIFFICULTY IN FALLING
94. ISCHEMIA - DECREASED BLOOD FLOW OR ASLEEP.
PERFUSION OF TISSUES.
110. HYPERSOMNIA - EXCESSIVE DAY
95. HYPOXIA - DECREASED OXYGENATIONOF OR NIGHTTIME SLEEP
TISSUES.
111. NARCOLEPSY - UNCONTROLLABLE
96. NECROSIS - IS DEATH OF TISSUES DUE TO FALLING INTO SLEEP. ALSO CALLED
IMPAIRED CIRCULATION AND “SLEEP ATTACK”.
OXYGENATION. ALSO CALLED INFARCTION.
112. SLEEP APNEA - PERIODIC
97. DORSAL RECUMBENT POSITION - SUPINE CESSATION OF BREATHING DURING
POSITION WITH KNEES FLEXED. SLEEP. ALSO CHARACTERIZED BY
SNORING.
113. SOMNAMBULISM - SLEEP WALKING.
d. MASTECTOMY - REMOVAL OF THE BREAST.
114. SOLILOQUY - SLEEP TALKING.
e. TONSILLECTOMY - REMOVAL OF THE
115. BRUXISM - CLENCHING AND TONSILS
GRINDING OF TEETH DURING SLEEP. f. NEPHRECTOMY- REMOVAL OF THE KIDNEY
g. PNEUMONECTOMY- REMOCAL OF THE
116. LIBEL - DEFAMATION BY MEANS OF LUNG
PRINT, WRITING , OR PICTURES. h. THYROIDECTOMY- REMOVAL OF THYROID
GLAND
117. SLANDER - DEFAMATION BY 125. SUFFIX “PLASTY”, “ORRHAPHY”, “PEXY”
SPOKEN WORD, STATING UNPRIVELEGED INVOLVE REPAIR OF CONGENITALLY DEFECTIVE
OR FALSE WORDS BY WHICH A ORGAN OR DAMAGED ORGAN
REPUTATION IS DAMAGED.
a. CHEILOPLASTY- REPAIR OF CLEFT LIP
118. ASSAULT - AN ATTEMPT OR
THREAT TO TOUCH ANOTHER PERSON b. URANOPLASTY- REPAIR OF CLEFT PALATE
UNJUSTIABLY.
c. HERNIORRHAPHY- REPAIR OF HERNIA
119. BATTERY - THE WILLFUL TOUCHING
OF A PERSON, INCLUDING PERSON’S d. ORCHIDOPEXY- REPAIR OF UNDESCENDED
CLOTHES OR SOMETHING THE PERSON IS TESTES
CARRYING THAT MAY OR MAY NOT CAUSE
e. RHINOPLASTY- REPAIR OF THE NOSE
HARM.
f. BLEPHAROPLASTY- REPAIR OF THE EYELIDS
120. FALSE IMPRISONMENT - IS THE
UNLAWFUL RESTRAINT OR DETENTION OR 126. WOUND DEHISCENCE- DISRUPTION IN THE
ANOTHER PERSON AGAINST HIS OR HER COAPTATION OR APPROXIMATION OF WOUND
WILL. EDGEGES. IT IS WOUND BREAKDOWN

121. MALPRACTICE - IS THE NEGLIGENT 127. WOUND EVISCERATION- DISRUPTION OF

ACT OF A PERSON ENGAGED IN WOUND WITH PROTRUSION OF INTESTINES
PROFESSIONS OR OCCUPATIONS IN
WHICH HIGHLY TECHNICAL OR 128. HEMATOMA- SEEPAGE OR COLLECTION OF
PROFESSIONAL SKILLS ARE EMPLOYED. BLOOD UNDER THE SKIN. ALSO CALLED BRUISE
OR BLUE AND BLACK MARK
122. SENESCENSE - THE NORMAL AGING
PROCESS. 129. ONCOLOGY- MEDICAL SPECIALTY THAT
DEALS WITH THE DIAGNOSIS, TREATMENT AND
123. SENILITY - AGING PROCESS STUDY OF CANCER
CHARACTERIZED BY SEVERE MENTAL
DETERIORATION. 130. HYPERPLASIA- INCREASE IN CELL NUMBER

124. Suffix “ECTOMY”- REMOVAL OF AN 131. HYPERTROPHY- INCREASE IN THE SIZE OF

ORGAN THE CELL

a. APPENDECTOMY - REMOVAL OF THE 132. CACHEXIA- SEVERE WEIGHT LOSS AND

APPENDIX TISSUE WASTING DUE TO CANCER

b. HYSTERECTOMY - REMOVAL OF THE 133. EPISTAXIS- NOSE BLEESING

UTERUS.
134. SUFFIX “ÏTIS” REFERS TO INFLAMMATION
c. OOPHORECTOMY - REMOVAL OF THE
a. SINUSITIS- INFLAMMATAION OF THE SINUSES
OVARY.
b. TONSILITIS- INFLAMMATION OF THE TONSILS 146. HYPERLIPIDEMIA- ELEVATED BLOOD LIPID
LEVELS
c. LARYNGITIS- INFLAMMATION OF THE LARYNX
147. THROMBUS- BLOOD CLOT ATTACHED TO A
d. PHARYNGITIS- INFLAMMATION OF THE BLOOD VESSEL WALL. THE CONDITION IS CALLED
PHARYNX THROMBOSIS.

e. STOMATITIS- DRY, SORE, INFLAMED MUCOUS 148. EMBOLUS- BLOOD CLOT IN BLOOD
MEMBRANE OF THE MOUTH CIRCULATION. THE CONDITION IS EMBOLISM

f. CONJUNCTIVITIS- INFLAMMATION OF THE 149. HOMAN’S SIGN- PAIN IN THE CALF OF THE
CONJUNCTIVA LEG

g. APPENDICITIS- INFLAMMATION OF THE 150. VARICOSE VEINS- DILATED VEINS, USUALLY

APPENDIX IN THE LOWER EXTREMETIES

h. ARTHRITIS- INFLAMMATION OF THE JOINT 151. THROMBOEMBOLISM- PRESENCE OF BLOOD

CLOTS ATTACHED TO BLOOD VESSELS AND
i. GASTRITIS- INFLAMMATION OF THE STOMACH BLOOD CLOTS IN THE CIRCULATION

135. PNEUMOTHORAX- PRESENCE OF AIR IN THE 152. INTERMITTENT CLAUDICATION- LEG PAIN ON
PLEURAL SPACE ACTIVITY AND EXERCISE, LIKE WALKING,
RELIEVED BY REST
136. PLEURAL EFFUSION- PRESENCE OF FLUID IN
THE PLEURAL SPACE 153. ERYTHROCYTES- RED BLOOD CELLS

137. PULMONARY EDEMA- PRESENCE OF FLUID IN
THE ALVEOLI AND IN BETWEEN THE ALVEOLI
138. FLAIL CHEST- FRACTURE OF 2 OR MORE
ADJACENT RIBS OR DETACHMENT OF THE
STERNUM
154. LEUKOCYTES- WHITE BLOOD CELLS
155. THROMBOCYTES- PLATELETS
156. POLYCYTHEMIA- ELEVATED RED BLOOD
CELLS AND HEMOGLOBIN LEVELS

139. HYPOXEMIA- LOW OXYGEN LEVELS IN THE 157. POLYCYTHEMIA VERA- ELEVATED RED
BLOOD BLOOD CELLS, WHITE BLOOD CELLS AND
PLATELET LEVELS
140. GANGRENE- DECOMPOSING NECROTIC
TISSUES 158. ANEMIA- LOW RED BLOOD CELLS AND
HEMOGLOBIN LEVELS
141. ANEURYSM- LOCALIZED, IRREVERSIBLE
DILATION OF AN ARTERY DUE TO AN ALTERATION 159. SYNCOPE- FAINTNESS DUE TO CEREBRAL
IN THE INTEGRITY OF ITS WALL HYPOXIA. THERE IS SUDDEN AND TEMPORARY
LOSS OF CONSCIOUSNESS
142. ARTERIOSCLEROSIS- HARDENING OF THE
ARTERIES 160. PARESTHESIA- TINGLING AND NUMBNESS,
USUALLY IN THE ARMS AND LEGS DUE TO
143. ATHEROSCLEROSIS- NARROWING OR INADEQUATE BLOOD FLOW AND OXYGEN SUPPLY
OCCLUSION OF LUMEN OF ARTERIES DUE TO
ACCUMULATION OF FATTY PLAQUES 161. VERTIGO- DIZZINESS

144. PALLOR- IS PALENESS, DUE TO DECREASES
PERIPHERAL BLOOD FLOW AND OXYGEN SUPPLY
145. CYANOSIS- IS BLUISH DISCOLORATION OF
THE SKIN DUE TO INADEQUATE OXYGENATION
162. TINNITUS- RINGING OF THE EARS
163. DYSPHAGIA- DIFFICULTY IN SWALLOWING
164. ODYNOPHAGIA- PAINFUL SWALLOWING
165. CHEILOSIS- CRACKS AT THE LATERAL ANGLE 183. ATROPHY- REDUCTION IN SIZE OF CELLS IN
OF LIPS AN ORGAN

166. KOILONYCHIA- SPOON- SHAPED 184. PUSTULE- PUS- FILLD LESION, LESS THAN 1
FINGERNAILS CM

167. PICA- UNCONTROLLABLE CRAVING FOR NON-
EDIBLE SUBSTANCES LIKE CLAY, CRAYONS,
LAUNDRY STARCH, RICE CHIPS, UNCOOKED RICE.
THIS IS DUE TO ANEMIA
168. HEMOSIDEROSIS- IRON OVERLOAD. IT IS
INCREASED LEVELS OF IRON IN THE BLOOD
169. LEUKEMIA- MALIGNANT DISORDER OF BLOOD
AND BONE MARROW
170. TERATOGENIC- SUBSTANCE OR DRUG THAT
CAUSES CONGENITAL DEFECTS
171. LEUKOPENIA- LOW WHITE BLOOD CELLS
COUNT
172. LEUKOCYTOSIS- ELEVATED WHITE BLOOD
CELLS COUNT
173. ERYTHROCYTOSIS- ELEVATED RED BLOOD
CELLS COUNT
174. THROMBOCYTOPENIA- LOW PLATELETS
COUNT
175. THROMBOCYTOSIS- ELEVATED PLATELETS
COUNT
185. PAPULE- ELEVATED SOLID LESIONS, LESS
THAN 1 CM
186. NODULE- ELEVATED SOLID LESION,
EXTENDING DEEPER INTO THE DERMIS, LARGER
THAN PAPULE
187. ASTERIXIS- FLAPPING TREMORS, LIVER
FLAAP. IS A COURSE TREMOR CHARACTERIZED
BY RAPID, NONRHYTHYMIC EXTENSION AND
FLEXION ON THE WRIST AND FINGERS
188. CHOLELITHIASIS- PRESENCE OF
GALLSTONES
189. CHOLECYSTITIS- INFLAMMATION OF THE
GALLBLADDER
190. GIGANTISM- EXAGGERATED GROWTH IN
HEIGHT AND WEIGHT DUE TO HYPERSECTION OF
GROWTH HORMONE IN CHILDREN
191. DWARFISM- FAILURE TO GROW IN HEIGHT
DUE TO HYPOSECRETION OF GROWTH HORMONE
192. GALACTORRHEA- EXCESSIVE MILK
PRODUCTION DUE TO HYPERSECRETION OF
PROLACTIN

176. HERNIA- PROTRUSION OF AN ORGAN 193. DYSPAREUNIA- PAINFUL SEXUAL

THROUGH WEAKENED MUSCLE WALL INTERCOURSE

177. JAUNDICE- YELLOWISH DISCOLORATION OF 194. DIAPHORESIS- EXCESSIVE SEWATING

THE SKIN DUE TO ELEVATED BILIRUBIN LEVELS
195. EXOPTHALMOS- PROTRUSION OF THE
178. PRURITUS- ITCHINESS EYEBALLS

179. IMMUNECOMPROMISED- IS HAVING LOW 196. HEMORRHAGE- BLEEDING

RESISTANCE TO INFECTION
197. HYPERTHYROIDISM- HYPERSECRETION OF
180. HEPATOMEGALY- ENLARGEMENT OF THE THYROID HORMONES
LIVER
198. HYPOTHYROIDISM- HYPOSECRETION OF
181. SPLENOMEGALY- ENLARGEMENT OF THE THYROID HORMONES
SPLEEN
199. GOITER- ENLARGEMENT OF THE THYROID
182. GYNECOMASTIA- ENLARGEMENT OF THE GLAND
BREAST
200. DYSRHYTHMIAS- ABNORMAL HEART RHYTHM.
ALSO CALLED ARRYHTHMIAS
201. HYPERGLYCEMIA- ELEVATED BLOOD 224. HEMIANOPIA- LOSS OF HALF OF THE VISUAL
GLUCOSE LEVELS FIELD

202. HYPOGLYCEMIA- DECRESED BLOOD 225. HEMIPLEGIA- PARALYSIS OF ONE SIDE OF

GLUCOSE LEVELS THE BODY

203. STRIDOR- NOISY BREATHING DUE TO 226. QUADRIPLEGIA- PARALYSIS OF THE FOUR
LARYNGOSPASM EXTREMITIES OF THE BODY

204. POLYURIA- EXCESSIVE URINATION. ALSO 227. PARAPLEGIA- PARALYSIS OF THE LOWER
CALLED DIURESIS HALF OF THE BODY

205 .POLYDIPSIA- EXCESSIVE THIRST 228. MONOPLEGIA- PARALYSIS OF ONE

EXTREMITY
206. POLYPHAGIA- EXCESSIVE HUNGER
229. OTORRHEA- CEREBROSPINAL LEAK FROM
207. PYORRHEA- INFECTION OF THE GUMS THE EAR

208. FURUNCLES- BOILS THAT GROW SINGLY 230. RHINORRHEA- DISCHARGE FROM THE NOSE

209. CARBUNCLES- BOILS THAT GROW IN GROUPS 231. SHUFFLING GAIT- TIPTOE WALKING

210. CELLULITIS- DIFFUESE INFLAMMATION OF 232. PTOSIS- DROOPING OF AN ORGAN

TISSUES
233. SCOLIOSIS- EXAGGERATED LATERAL
211. ALEXIA- INABILITY TO READ CURVATURE OF THE SPINE

212. EXPRESSIVE APHASIA- INABILITY TO SPEAK 234. KYPHOSIS- EXAGGERATED ANTERO-

CLEARLY POSTERIOR CURVATURE OF THE SPINE

213. RECEPTIVE APHASIA- INABILITY TO 235. LORDOSIS- EXAGGERATED LUMBAR

UNDERSTAND OR INTERPRET SOUNDS OR CURVATURE OF THE SPINE
LANGUAGE
236. MYDRIASIS- DILATION OF PUPILS
214. AGRAPHIA- INABILITY TO WRITE

215. APRAXIA- INABILITY TO DO ACTIVITIES

PERFORMED BY FINGERS

216. ATAXIA- UNCOORDINATED MOVEMENTS

217. AGEUSIA- ABSENCE OF THE SENSE OF TASTE

218. ANOSMIA- ABSENCE OF THE SENSE OF

SMELL

219. NYSTAGMUS- ROLLING OF EYEBALLS’

220. DIPLOPIA- DOUBLE VISION

221. STRABISMUS- DEVIATION OF EYEBALLS

222. STUPOR- STATE OF UNCONSCIOUSNESS

223. CEPHALGIA- HEADACHE